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Total-Immersion Japanese Language & Culture Camp for High School Students
Language Lesson Overview
Students are expected to have already covered the topic the lessons covered at the camp. The lessons at the camp are intended to be extended practice to increase fluency. Please use this as a guide to place your students in the appropriate language level class. ShoppingLearning Scenario: Students will engage in a shopping activity at a flea market like those found in many parts of Japan. First the students will practice counting money in Japanese. Next, a flea market will be set up in the classroom using items that the students have brought from home. Students will then begin shopping for items set out using appropriate shopping expressions and Japanese money. To mirror a year-end tradition that shopkeepers throughout Japan participate in to show customer appreciation, students will receive a coupon with their purchase, which may be retrieved for a prize (snack, candy, etc) in a lottery-like drawing. At the end of the activity, the wrapped merchandise purchased (one selected by the student) will be set aside to present to the camp volunteers.
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VisitationLearning Scenario: High school students in Washington will learn how to visit a Japanese family and the protocols involved in making arrangements, greeting, gift giving and leave taking. They will discuss and learn manners in when one gives gifts in Japan, how to enter a Japanese home, how to humble oneself when offering gifts, and accepting tea/snack. In this lesson they will also learn the honorific and humble phrasings used in the above circumstances. They will practice these phrases in pairs to prepare for a real life activity. As a real life activity, during the last hour of the language class, students will get directions to their assistant’s rooms and visit their assistants to thank them for helping them during the camp. They will enter their room, present the gift, ask several planned out questions of interest, and take leave. Upon completion of the visitation, they will report about what they found out in their conversations with the assistants to the class, or submit a written report to the teacher.
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TelephoningLearning Scenario: High school students in Washington will learn how to make telephone calls for a variety of purposes at the Camp. They will learn about the differences between the various types of telephones in Japan and compare them to telephones in the US. Discussion of the use of telephone cards and the popularity it has gained as collectors’ item as well as a gift item will take place. In this lesson, students will also learn when to use basic honorific forms and discuss why it is used. They will practice obtaining information, taking messages for someone who is unavailable and relaying the message verbally or in written form. In pairs, students will practice making calls to prepare for a variety of situations, i.e. the person answers; the person is not there and the caller must leave a message; the caller calls a wrong number. As a real life activity, students will be required to call one of the following companies/stores: Hitmark Computer Company, Video City, Orient Travel, IACE, J.D. Cook, Sankei Travel, Hyogo Business & Cultural Center, Ijinkan Video Shop, PCS Travel and inquire using Japanese, about the availability of an item of interest, cost, and the hours of operation and other pertinent questions. They will end their conversation and can report their findings orally to the class or partner, or submit a written report to the teacher.
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